You found them all! And I had hoped that this would be at least a tiny bit difficult...

--Previous Message-- : It's also after midnight for me but I will : have a go. Thanks to Nellie for the opening. : : 1. Walburga Countess Douglas née Archduchess : of Austria : 2. Archduke Karl of Austria (Karl Habsburg) : 3. Dr. Otto Habsburg : 4. Franziska Thyssen-Bornemisza : 5. Fiona Thyssen née Campbell Walker : 6. Alexander Onassis : 7. Athina Onassis née Livanos : 8. Aristoteles Onassis : 8a. Jackie Onassis Kennedy née Bouvier : 8b. John F. Kennedy 35th Preident of the : United States : 8c. John jr. Kennedy (JohnJohn) : 9. 11th Duke of Marlborough : 10. Rosita Duchess of Marlborough née : Countess Douglas : 11. Elizabeth Duchess in Bavaria née : Countess Douglas : 12. Max Duke in Bavaria : 13. Bavaria : 14. Jacobite succesion to England, Schotland : and Ireland : 15. Prince Joseph Wenzell of Liechtenstein : 16. Count Archibald Douglas : : : : : : --Previous Message-- : : Sorry, no. : It's continental Europe where I'm not so : clued up as for UK. : : PS - I was going to say England but can : never be sure these days what is acceptable : to all royal boardsters. : : PPS - after midnight now so I must withdraw, : and check in the morning expecting someone : will have solved it. : : : --Previous Message-- : Well done! : : 13 is Bavaria, 14 is, strictly speaking, : England and Scotland (I guess the Jacobites : refuse to recognise the concept of the UK, : or even Great Britain, as the Act of Union : took place during the reign of the : "usurper" Queen Anne... ). : : But once you have solved this, you should be : well on your way towards solving the rest. : As you say, no. 12 is the heir, i.e. the : next in line, to the former kingdom of : Bavaria and to the Jacobite claim to the : English and Scottish thrones. And you know : who that is, don't you...? : : : : --Previous Message-- : : I'm astonished to have got something right : there ! : : No 12? : : So is 13 Bavaria and 14 the UK? : : : --Previous Message-- : Yes, that is correct. Any idea where? : : : --Previous Message-- : : What a puzzle. : : I think Jacobites are in it somewhere. : : : --Previous Message-- : It may be difficult to find a starting point : for solving this. I thought I might provide : a couple of additional clues - hoping that : they may be of help rather than adding to : the confusion... : : Back to our no. 8: after divorcing his first : wife (no. 7), he went on to marry the widow : (8a) of a very famous head of state (8b) who : had died under circumstances that are still : a matter of much debate. Incidentally, 8b : had a son (8c) who would later die in the : same way as his "step-brother", : no. 6. : : Does this make it any easier to crack this : quiz open? : : : : --Previous Message-- : I wanted to have a go at a different kind of : quiz this time: : : Our starting point is a politician (1) with : a very impressive blue-blooded pedigree. : This politician has a brother (2) who is now : formally the head of their house, although : their father (3) is still alive. This : brother’s wife (4) is the daughter of a : woman (5) who once had a rather scandalous : affair with a man (6) who was a lot younger : than her. That man, in turn, was the son of : a woman (7) who, after divorcing her first : husband (8) went on to marry a nobleman (9) : from a very well known family with several : royal connections. They were later divorced, : but the nobleman then went on to marry : another woman (10) - whom he also later : divorced. Number 10 has a sister (11) whose : husband (12) is the heir to the throne of a : defunct kingdom (13), and who is also, in : the view of some people, the true heir to : another, still existing throne (14) which is : today in reality occupied by an entirely : different family. 11 and 12, by the way, : have a grandson (15) who will one day be a : reigning sovereign. : And then we get to the point where our story : turns full circle: the two sisters, 10 and : 11, have a first cousin (16) who is married : to none other than number 1. : : So your task is to identify the people and : places in this quiz... : : : :